{"product_id":"in-the-shadow-of-el-tajin-the-political-economy-of-archaeology-in-modern-mexico-paperback-softback-9781496244420","title":"In the Shadow of El Tajín; The Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico (Paperback \/ softback) 9781496244420","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eIn the Shadow of El Tajín\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eThe Political Economy of Archaeology in Modern Mexico\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eSamuel Holley-Kline (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781496244420\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 1 November 2025\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e282 pages\u003cbr\u003e22.9 x 15.2 x 1.5 cm, 0.666 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cdiv\u003e“Immensely important. . . . Sam Holley-Kline reframes the archaeological site of El TajÍn as a location of recent, rather than just ancient, Indigenous history. \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of El TajÍn\u003c\/i\u003e makes a significant contribution to the emerging field of the history of archaeology in Mexico and beyond, as well as to our understanding of Mexican political economy in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.”-Lisa Pinley Covert, author of \u003ci\u003eSan Miguel de Allende: Mexicans, Foreigners, and the Making of a World Heritage Site\u003c\/i\u003e\n\u003c\/div\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLocated in the Papantla municipality of the Mexican state of Veracruz, El TajÍn is a UNESCO World Heritage site but a lesser-known tourist destination and national symbol. The Indigenous Totonac residents of the region know well that the site’s relative absence from discussions of global archaeology and heritage belies a century of wide-ranging labor, extractive industries, and commodity exchange.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e Drawing on ethnographic interviews and rarely consulted administrative archives, \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of El TajÍn\u003c\/i\u003e tells the story of how a landscape of ancient mounds and ruins became an archaeological site, brings to light the network of actors who made it happen, and reveals the Indigenous histories silenced in the process. By drawing on the insights of Indigenous Totonac peoples who have lived and worked in El TajÍn for more than a century, Sam Holley-Kline explores historical processes that made both the archaeological site and regional historical memory. \u003ci\u003eIn the Shadow of El TajÍn\u003c\/i\u003e decenters discussions of the state and tourism industry by focusing on the industries and workers who are integral to the functioning of the site but who have historically been overlooked by studies of the ancient past. Holley-Kline recovers local Indigenous histories in dialogue with broader trends in scholarship to demonstrates the rich recent past of El TajÍn, a place better known for its ancient history.\u003cbr\u003e  \u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e List of Tables\u003cbr\u003e Preface\u003cbr\u003e Acknowledgments\u003cbr\u003e Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. Lands: Public Pyramids, Private Parcels\u003cbr\u003e 2. Oil: Practical Entanglements, Cumulative Contamination\u003cbr\u003e 3. Vanilla: Violence and Temporality\u003cbr\u003e 4. Wage Labor: From Subsistence Farming to Archaeology\u003cbr\u003e 5. Custodios: Cohorts and Histories of Labor\u003cbr\u003e 6. Experts: Precarity and Opportunity\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Annual Visitors to El TajÍ\u003cbr\u003en, 1925–\u003cbr\u003e2024\u003cbr\u003e Notes\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"University of Nebraska Press","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52600322588952,"sku":"9781496244420","price":21.56,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/products\/in-the-shadow-of-el-tajin-the-political-economy-of-archaeology-in-modern-mexico-paperback-softback-9781496244420","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}